Mansukhbhai Vasava

Mansukhbhai Dhanjibhai Vasava
Minister of State
In office
2014 – 5 July 2016
Prime Minister Narendra Modi
Member of the India Parliament
Assumed office
1998
Preceded by Chandubhai Deshmukh
Constituency Bharuch
Personal details
Born (1957-06-01) 1 June 1957
Narmada, Gujarat
Political party Bharatiya Janata Party
Spouse(s) Saraswatiben Vasava
Children 1 son and 2 daughters
Residence Narmada
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Mansukhbhai Dhanjibhai Vasava (born 1 June 1957) is an Indian Politician Leader of Bharatiya Janata Party and former Union Minister of State for Tribal Affairs (till July 5, 2016) in the Government of India under the Prime Ministership of Narendra Modi. He first got elected to 12th Lok Sabha in a by-election held on 25 November 1998 from the Bharuch Parliamentary Constituency of Gujarat, once a stronghold of Congress President Sonia Gandhi's political advisor Ahmed Patel.[2] He was re-elected to the Lok Sabha in 1998, 1999, 2004, 2009 and 2014 from the same constituency (renamed as Bharuch in 2008); five times in a row. He also served in the Government of Gujarat in 1994 as a Deputy Minister. He holds a master's degree in Social Work (M.S.W.) from Gujarat Vidyapith, Ahemadabad and was graduated(B.A.) from South Gujarat University.

Career

He served as Minister of State from May 2014 to 5 July 2016.[3]

Notes

  1. ↑ http://india.gov.in/govt/loksabhampbiodata.php?mpcode=501
  2. ↑ "Bye-elections November, 1998 - Parliamentary Constituency 23 - Broach". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 5 April 2010.
  3. ↑ "Najma Heptulla, G M Siddeshwara resign from Modi Cabinet", India Today, 12 July 2016


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